Meet Keta, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) Keta is a one-year-old Chihuahua mix. She has lovely auburn hair and chocolate brown eyes. She has long slender legs and weighs in at 10 lbs. She is playful and sweet and enjoying the sunshine now that she’s out of the shelter. Keta’s adoption fee is a donation of $125. All […]

Heath wrestlers are State Champions

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) The Rockwall-Heath Wresting team won the 2016- 5A State Wrestling Championship at the Berry Center in Cypress-Fairbanks through a team effort over the weekend.  Heath wrestlers came away with six state placers. There was not one individual champion, which in a lot of ways makes the win even more special […]

Rockwall to be featured on WFAA-TV’s live newscast Thursday

Open invitation for proud Rockwall residents to represent all the good the City has to offer.  (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) WFAA-TV’s Channel 8 News has selected the City of Rockwall for their next live newscast this week, and Rockwall residents are invited to participate. The event is scheduled for this Thursday, February 25, from […]

Texas Health Rockwall debuts latest technology in detection of breast cancer

Rockwall Women’s Imaging & Breast Center is one of the first in the DFW area to offer 3D Total Breast Ultrasound (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 21, 2016) As a leading healthcare provider, the Rockwall Women’s Imaging & Breast Center at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall is pleased to offer 3D Total Breast Ultrasound. Designed with patients […]

Mark Kipphut announces candidacy for McLendon-Chisholm City Council Place 2

(MCLENDON-CHISHOLM, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Mark Kipphut has announced he will be a candidate for the McLendon-Chisholm City Council Place 2. Current Place 2 Councilman Jack Pullen recently decided he will not seek re-election after faithfully serving the community for over 30 years. The politically-conservative Kipphut has lived in McLendon-Chisholm since January 2014 after […]

Pullen partners with Helping Hands on Students Serving Others projects

Students display servant leadership (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Parents and students of Pullen Elementary School collected 86 bags of food to kick-start this month’s Students Serving Others (SSO) service project benefitting the Rockwall County Helping Hands Food Pantry. Pullen faculty and students packed the gymnasium at the school to welcome Jon Bailey, president […]

Rockwall Realtor Workshop deemed overwhelming success

Annual City-hosted event draws 150 area realtors. (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Often the first person newcomers meet here, realtors are key to the City’s marketing efforts. That’s why for the second year in a row, the City of Rockwall hosted a realtor workshop to educate, inform and empower area realtors with up-to-the minute […]

‘State of the City’ luncheon addresses Rockwall’s economic outlook, water, roadways, commercial development

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 17, 2016) Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt, City Manager Rick Crowley and Economic Development Corporation President Sheri Franza shed some positive light on the outlook of the city’s economic and business ventures during the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of the City Partnership Luncheon Feb. 17 at the Rockwall County Courthouse. […]

Rockwall Rotary recognizes Student of Honor from Pullen Elementary

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 18, 2016) Alexis Purcell, a sixth grader from Pullen Elementary, was recognized today by the Rockwall Noon Rotary Club as a Rotary Student of Honor. She was presented with the award during a luncheon program at Rotary Hall. Pullen Principal Ja’Neice Chambers spoke about Lexi’s outstanding accomplishments, and how she is […]